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Lions Woods via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Camp Pine Woods Preserve near Northfield Woods, IL. The route reaches Lions Woods at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi627 – 643 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.08290, -87.87856
Nearest town Northfield Woods, IL

Directions

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Lions Woods via Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved

6.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 626–642 ft

Out & Back · Camp Pine Woods Preserve

Trailhead: 42.08290, -87.87856

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Des Plaines River Trail Yellow Unpaved, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  7. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miReach Lions Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 2.1 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

59% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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